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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much longer does the Collector estimate the food will last?

2. What beliefs of the Magistrate have been eroded because of the siege?

3. Which psalm does the Padre read for the christening of the baby?

4. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?

5. What does Hari give the Collector as a parting gift when he is freed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

2. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

3. What table is used for the altar for the Wright baby's Baptism?

4. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

5. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

6. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

7. Two babies are born in early August; which one survives and what is she named?

8. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

9. What does the collector do when he finds out what Rayne has been up to?

10. When Fleury visits the Collector he thinks he has cholera but what does Dr. McNab say the Collector has?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the physical problems the Collector gets that make him turn over temporary authority to the Magistrate.

2) What is the blinding "snow" which rains from the sky and what good effect does it have?

3) Fleury goes to the Collector's room and thinks he has cholera. What does Dr. McNab tell him the Collector is suffering from.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the scene where Louise and Fleury are in the Sunday School. What does the Padre have the children do and what is the outcome?

2) Write about the Collector's thoughts about the electroplating technology. Why does he feel its so important?

3) What is your opinion of the Padre and his view that he is bringing salvation not only to the native Christians but to the British residents.

Do you think he is doing good or spreading fear? What are some of the points he tries to make in his sermonizing?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the behavior of the residents during the cholera epidemic. What do they carry around with them at all times? Which of the doctors

seem to inspire more confidence in them? Why?

2) Describe the differing opinions of Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab as to the cause of cholera?

3) Describe the different treatments Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab use in the treatment of cholera.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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